New Year: PIG, BOAR, SWINE,SOW, which do you like?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by surplusletterbox, Feb 2, 2007.

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Year of the pig, boar, hog or swine?

  1. PIG - domesticated pig

    7 vote(s)
    46.7%

  2. BOAR - a wild pig (also a male pig)

    4 vote(s)
    26.7%

  3. SOW - a female pig

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. HOG - same as PIG but more polite?

    1 vote(s)
    6.7%

  5. SWINE - same as PIG but more negative?

    1 vote(s)
    6.7%

  6. I have a better name! (please post reply)

    2 vote(s)
    13.3%
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  1. surplusletterbox

    surplusletterbox Well-Known Member

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    Next Chinese New Year is Year of the PIG, some like to say BOAR which sounds better but a boar means either a wild "pig" which includes male or female or a male domesticated pig (is this male chauvinist pig?!) how about a SOW (which is a female pig or female wild boar which has fewer negative expressions in the English language). Two less common terms are HOG and SWINE ....what do you think, vote now?-smileb

    Vote above for :-

    Year of the PIG
    Year of the BOAR
    Year of the SOW
    Year of the HOG
    Year of the SWINE
     
    #1 surplusletterbox, Feb 2, 2007
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2007
  2. brown_bear

    brown_bear ☆‧° ☆﹒﹒‧ ☆ ﹒﹒‧☆‧° ☆

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    er i just call it year of the piggy didnt know there were so many different names
     
    #2 brown_bear, Feb 2, 2007
  3. evil_mui

    evil_mui 魔女

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    I always say pig :p
    Ju Ju ^@^
     
    #3 evil_mui, Feb 2, 2007
  4. THF20

    THF20 is a Chinese

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    Boar... the wild pig! cause is strong & dramatic...
     
    #4 THF20, Feb 2, 2007
  5. Resentless

    Resentless MIA

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    i choose swine!
    cause my sistah is a swine! haha XD
     
    #5 Resentless, Feb 2, 2007
  6. dim8sum

    dim8sum ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪....

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    go pig! its all 豬豬 anyways -lol
     
    #6 dim8sum, Feb 2, 2007
  7. kagome10

    kagome10 Well-Known Member

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    i think Boar sounds the best. Not as harsh
     
    #7 kagome10, Feb 5, 2007
  8. Veincentury

    Veincentury Well-Known Member

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    It's the year of the animal that goes "oink oink." Come on ppl.
     
    #8 Veincentury, Feb 5, 2007
  9. Giniro

    Giniro Well-Known Member

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    I like hog it is cuter
     
    #9 Giniro, Feb 5, 2007
  10. fearless_fx

    fearless_fx Eugooglizer

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    The year of pork! :)
     
    #10 fearless_fx, Feb 6, 2007
  11. kdotc

    kdotc 안녕하세요빅뱅K-Dragon입니다

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    pig sounds normall...say any other one..ppl b like WTF
     
    #11 kdotc, Feb 6, 2007
  12. THF20

    THF20 is a Chinese

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    I guess u like eating pork then... instead of saying the year of pig. -unsure
     
    #12 THF20, Feb 6, 2007
  13. surplusletterbox

    surplusletterbox Well-Known Member

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    NG


    Year of PORK is no good.. NG for the hundreds of millions of people who stay away from pork including those from Xinjiang, Malaysia....
     
    #13 surplusletterbox, Feb 6, 2007
  14. jnetcube5

    jnetcube5 Well-Known Member

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    year of the pig for me!
     
    #14 jnetcube5, Feb 8, 2007
  15. sephiroth123

    sephiroth123 Member

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    pig is the most traditional one la... so call it pig
     
    #15 sephiroth123, Feb 8, 2007
  16. FiNa|DiStaNc3

    FiNa|DiStaNc3 Active Member

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    ive only heard of the terms pig and sometimes boar...but i hear pig a lot more.
     
    #16 FiNa|DiStaNc3, Feb 8, 2007
  17. smokedhen

    smokedhen Well-Known Member

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    pig. swine? lol if you want to be wild.
     
    #17 smokedhen, Feb 9, 2007
  18. cakl

    cakl Member

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    Year of

    JU!

    Nothing sounds better than Ju.. kaka

    that includes Sor Ju.. Chun Ju.. XD
     
    #18 cakl, Feb 10, 2007
  19. toots44

    toots44 Member

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    mmmm have to be year of the pig.... sounds better lol
     
    #19 toots44, Feb 18, 2007
  20. lestarie

    lestarie Member

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    Year of Golden Pig!! This year will have a baby boom cause traditional said it's a good year to have a baby:D
     
    #20 lestarie, Feb 19, 2007
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